How often were you entering that “trance” state and going Under the Influence?
Definition: CONSCIOUSNESS:
An alert being, present with self. This means being self aware in the present. You are awake; mind, body and spirit, not just letting life happen around you, or checking in and out lacking full time focus. This is not an ordered life. It is random and chaotic.
BITTERSWEET is my Tweet this week. That is because connecting with the word bittersweet is important to help resolve the past, stay present and awake to the present and bring hope to the future. Life is full of bittersweet and resolving or digging up the past is full of bitterness and yet, you get a sweet return when you think of how it all worked to make you the amazing person you are presently.
CONNECTED TO CONSCIOUSNESS as you can see could be tricky
I mean, to be really present in the moment! Is that even possible? Obviously, it looks complicated only because most humans don’t reach that state without being a yogi, monk, or some other kind of guru. AND, along with that, why would I even want to?
To some, it may even sound boring :-) That’s why kids set up the default trance settings early on. It is a kid perspective to think anyone other than themselves and what they are doing is all that interesting. Even other peers can be annoying… Ooops, did I describe egocentric and developmentally immature perspectives?
Here’s the Problem: We currently have a lot of people on the planet sleep walking through not just the day, but their entire life. This happens over time living in a society that is all about being out of balance…to much emphasis on the lower levels of consciousness: physical and intellectual and social and almost none on spiritual and emotional or how to think out of an adult mindset in intimate relationships.
Question for the Day? (Please engage in comments on this)
Am I present in all five areas when I engage with children and significant others?
One brain tip to connect with: cognitive neuroscience is opening whole new ways to understand things we never knew about like how process occurs and why so much of it is automatic and leads to anxiety and depressing thoughts. I post that to help you know that we are only just beginning to get information that helps us in this process.
HELP MEAT OF THE DAY: Stay present as much as you can to check in with yourself as to how conscious you are living throughout the day. See if you can connect with at least one moment when you felt totally present with the situation in an intimate relationship (non-sexual one) and the emotional feeling you associated with it.
Next time: Come back Friday to do a baseline test to see how under the influence of the trance effect you are in your closest relationships. Everybody can pass this test!
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See you back in a couple days,
Susan
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